Veddhas (Wanniyala-Aetto or Forest People), Sri Lanka
Survival International say that as of February 2010, there are less than 2000 surviving members of this Tribe - the Veddhas (also known as Wanniyala-Aetto or Forest People) - a Sri Lankan aboriginal group in direct descent from the Islands neolithic community dating from 16, 000 BC or earlier. Here shown practising with long bows
Picture No
11965674
Media ID
46704895
Size
5420px x 3404px
(8.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
